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William Trueblood TRUEBLOOD-091
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- 1910 (Creation)
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ca. 1910. Yakima Ave./Center St. tunnel. Drilling equipment involved in the construction of the Yakima Ave. Bridge in 1959 opened an abandoned railroad tunnel just beyond Yakima Avenue and Center Street. The tunnel was begun by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1909 but construction abruptly stopped the next year and never started again. It is possible that water conditions caused the halt of the planned 8,600 foot tunnel. The tunnel was believed to be about 26-feet high and about 100 feet below the present street grade. Questions arose later regarding what, if anything, was used to back-fill the tunnel with cord wood and dirt mentioned as possible solutions. Discovery of the abandoned tunnel did not ultimately stymie the building of the 1.3 million dollar bridge; it would be dedicated in September of 1961. G45.1-007 (TNT 7-2-59-article; TNT 7-5-59-article)
Railroad tunnels--Tacoma;